Platinum (Casiopea album)
Appearance
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Released | September 1, 1987 | |||
Recorded | at SOUNDTRACK, New York City ![]() at STUDIO SOUND, Los Angeles ![]() | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 40:01 | |||
Label | Polydor K.K. / AURA 28MX-2544 | |||
Producer | Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi | |||
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Platinum is the 17th album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1987. The album featured a cover of "Bridge Over Troubled Water"--a song originally written by Paul Simon.
Track listing
[edit]LP(28MX-2544) Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Access" | - | Issei Noro | 3:49 |
2. | "Akasha" | Tetsuo Sakurai | Issei Noro | 4:05 |
3. | "Magnetic Vibration" | - | Tetsuo Sakurai | 4:24 |
4. | "Me Espere" | Djavan | Akira Jimbo | 3:19 |
5. | "Do-Loo-Doo?" | - | Issei Noro | 3:56 |
Total length: | 19:33 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Get Back To That Good Thing" | Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel | Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel | 4:01 |
2. | "Princess Moon" | - | Issei Noro | 4:21 |
3. | "Sunset Rhapsody" | - | Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro | 3:19 |
4. | "SUNCA" (賛歌) | - | Issei Noro | 4:38 |
5. | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | Paul Simon | 4:09 |
Total length: | 20:28 |
CD(UPCY-6538) Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Access" | - | Issei Noro | 3:49 |
2. | "Akasha" | Tetsuo Sakurai | Issei Noro | 4:05 |
3. | "Magnetic Vibration" | - | Tetsuo Sakurai | 4:24 |
4. | "Me Espere" | Djavan | Akira Jimbo | 3:19 |
5. | "Do-Loo-Doo?" | - | Issei Noro | 3:56 |
6. | "Get Back To That Good Thing" | Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel | Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel | 4:01 |
7. | "Princess Moon" | - | Issei Noro | 4:21 |
8. | "Sunset Rhapsody" | - | Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro | 3:19 |
9. | "Believe in Yourself" (CD Bonus track) | JESSIE | Yukou Kusunoki | 4:38 |
10. | "SUNCA" (賛歌) | - | Issei Noro | 4:38 |
11. | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | Paul Simon | 4:09 |
12. | "Asayake (Live)" (CD Bonus track) | - | Issei Noro | 5:12 |
Total length: | 50:23 |
Personnel
[edit]CASIOPEA are
- Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, FRETLESS GUITAR), Acoustic guitar (D'AGOSTINO GUITAR)
- Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA DX-7, KX-88, TX-816, QX-1, KORG DSS-1, DSM-1, SG-1, ROLAND D-50, SBX-80 & Acoustic Piano)
- Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA TETSUO MODEL, BB-5000, Kramer Electric Bass)
- Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9500 Series, PTT-1, PMC-1, RX-5, AKAI S-900, ZILDJAN CYMBALS, SIMMONS SDS-V)
Additional Musicians
- Yukou Kusunoki - Lead Vocal on A2, B1, B5, C9
- Djavan - Vocal on A4
- Background Vocal on A2, A5, B1 - Cedric Samson, Dina Miller, Amanda Blue, Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
- Background Vocal on A1 - Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
- Background Vocal on B4 - Issei Noro, Tetsuo Sakurai, Minoru Mukaiya, Yukoh Kusunoki
- Steve Thornton - Latin Percussion on A3, B3, B5
- Earl Gardner - Trumpet on A5, B5
- Alex Foster - Alto sax on A5, B5
- Lenny Pickett - Tenor sax, Baritone sax on A5, B5
- Horns Arrangements - Issei Noro, Lenny Pickett
- Additional Synthesizer & Programing on B1 - Andy Heermans
Production
[edit]- Producer - Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Engineer - Andy Heermans, Les Brockman
- Assistant Engineers - Mark Partis, Bryan Rutter
- Mixing engineer - Andy Heermans
- Executive producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
- Production management - Masato Arai
- Management - Osamu Takagi, Fumiaki Takahashi, Katsuhiro Maruichi
- Art Direction Design and Illustration - Mitsuo Katsui
- Visual Supervisor - Masahiro Tomioka, Miyuki Sawa
Release history
[edit]Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
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Japan | September 1, 1987 | Polydor K.K. / AURA | 30cmLP | 28MX-2544 | stereo |
September 1, 1987 | 12cmCD | H33P-20176 | |||
July 1, 1992 | POCH-1221 | ||||
June 24, 2009 | Universal Music LLC / AURA | remastered SHM-CD | UPCY-6538 | ||
June 24, 2017 | UPCY-9700 | J-FUSION 40th |
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